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1008080852.gifGale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)    
Access Info: Ohio U. - all campuses (including off-campus access)
Large collection of hundreds of online encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical compilations, and other reference tools... more
1008080852.gif Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, by Dinah L. Shelton, editor    
Access Info: Ohio U. - Athens campus only (including off-campus access)
"This encyclopedia spans the globe to explain the issues behind crimes against humanity and human rights issues as they relate to individual countries and the world at large... more
1008080852.gifAntisemitism A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution (2005), by Richard S. Levy, editor    
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Contains 650 entries on the origins, forms, practitioners, and effects of antisemitism, leading to the Holocaust and surviving to the present day... more
1008080852.gifDynasties of the World, by John E. Morby    
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Lists of ruling dynasties through 5,000 years of world history... more
1008080852.gifEncyclopedia of Genocide (1999), by Israel W. Charny, editor    
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The Encyclopedia is designed in an innovative structure that combines four types of entries: Traditional Entries, or basic encyclopedic summaries of the knowledge in a typical area or field of study; Feature Entries, which include innovative analyses, reinterpretations, and human-interest essays that probe basic conceptual issues in the study and prevention of genocide... more
1008080852.gifEncyclopedia of Religious Freedom, by Catharine Cookson, editor    
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Contains 140 articles which "cover seven major elements of religious freedom: key concepts, US history, world history, world religions, major issues, minority groups and their rights, and key documents... more
1008080852.gifExploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia, by William James Mills, editor    
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Contains more than 500 biographical, geographical, and subject entries on polar exploration, along with photographs and other illustrations, maps, and a chronology... more
1008080852.gifGale Encyclopedia of World History: Governments.    
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"Provides a broad overview of national governments throughout history, explaining their structures and histories, key players and events, and how governments effect, and are affected by, social change... more
1008080852.gifHistorical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, by Junius P. Rodriguez, editor    
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Contains 700 entries on "human bondage and the slave trade from ancient times to the present... more
1008080852.gifInternational Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences (2nd ed., 2008), by William A. Darity, Jr., editor    
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Contains more than 2000 articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences... more
1008080852.gifOxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History, by John B. Hattendorf, editor    
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Contains over 940 entries, covering "the entire history of seafaring, from ancient Egyptian shipbuilders to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of today... more
1008080852.gifOxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, by Bonnie G. Smith, editor    
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Contains "over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies... more
1008080852.gifSocial Science Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., by Adam Kuper and Jessica Kuper, editors    
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Contains extensive, cross-referenced entries covering the whole range of the social sciences... more
1008080852.gifWomen and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present, by Bernard A. Cook, editor    
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Contains entries which deal "with the experiences of women in traditional wars between territorially based armies, but it also approaches war in a much broader sense... more

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